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I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, “I do not love thee.”
MARTIAL

Love Myself
I have not hated the man, but his faults.
MARTIAL

Hate Man Mistake
Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.
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Animal Bird Wings
For life is only life when blessed with health.
MARTIAL

Blessing Health Life
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.
MARTIAL

Enjoyment Former Life Live
Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.
MARTIAL

Book Easy Hard Writing Yourself
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.
MARTIAL

Day Fear Yourself
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man’s field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
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Bury Death Profit Wife Yourself
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
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Cheerful One Liner Wisdom Yourself
A cook should double one sense have: for he Should taster for himself and master be.
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Cook Doubt Himself Master Taste
A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.
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Existence Goodness Himself Man Term
You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, Sabellus, not to bathe.
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Excellence Praise Verse Yourself
It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.
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Elegant Feeling Force Imagination Ourselves
In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life.
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Adversity Brave Himself Life True
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
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Ash Glory Late
He who thinks that the lives of Priam and of Nestor were long is much deceived and mistaken. Life consists not in living, but in enjoying health.
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Enjoyment Health Mistake Thinking

Work divided is in that manner shortened.

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